Ardscoil ease into final

Ardscoil Rís (Limerick) 0-16 St Caimin’s, Shannon 0-5: ARDSCOIL RÍS booked their place in the Harty Cup final with a convincing…

Ardscoil Rís (Limerick) 0-16 St Caimin's, Shannon 0-5:ARDSCOIL RÍS booked their place in the Harty Cup final with a convincing win over St Caimin's of Shannon.

The Limerick city side were always in control. Early points from Declan Hannon (twice), Kevin Downes and Mark Ryan (twice) eased Ardscoil 0-5 to 0-1 in front and they led by six, 0-9 to 0-3, at the interval.

Adrian Breen pointed after the break to increase the lead to seven and when Ardscoil goalkeeper PJ Hall produced a brilliant save to deny St Caimin’s Shane Liddy a badly-needed goal there was no way back for the Shannon side.

ARDSCOIL RÍS: PJ Hall; A Dempsey, E McCarthy, M Moroney; C Keogh, D Hannon (0-4, two frees, one 65), C McInerney (0-1); S O'Brien, S Dowling; M Ryan (0-2), B O'Connor, N Kennedy (0-1); J Fitzgibbon (0-3, two frees), K Downes (0-3), A Breen (0-2). Subs: K McNamara for Keogh, J Shanahan for Dowling, M Carmody for O'Connor, S Dowling for Dempsey, K Keane for Kennedy.

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ST CAIMIN'S: T Griffin; N O'Connor, N Purcell, E Burns; E Boyce, K Lynch, D O'Connor; C O'Connor, F Melody; A Cunningham (0-1), P Collins (0-1), D. Keogh; S Liddy, P Sheehan (0-4, four frees), A Mulready.

Referee: Willie Barrett(Tipperary)